January 17th, 2026

• ​UNRWA officials lobby congressional staffers against Trump terrorist designation threat - UNRWA's Washington director calls potential designation 'unprecedented,' 'unwarranted'
• Israel says Gaza strikes hit senior terrorists in response to truce violation
• IDF says 6 gunmen killed Tuesday in Rafah firefight after 'serious violation' of truce
• Trump Taps Rubio, Former UK PM Blair for Gaza Board of Peace
• US unveils key Gaza panel with prominent roles given to Israel critics Qatar, Turkey
• Trump says US will ink disarmament deal with Hamas, threatens group if it doesn't comply
• US House Passes State Department Funding Bill With $3.3 Billion in Security Assistance to Israel
• 'We are open to normal relations with Israel': Qatar opposition leader condemns Hamas
• Israel sees spike in PTSD and suicide among troops as war persists
• Mossad director visits U.S. for Iran consultations
• Mossad director visits US for Iran talks: meets Witkoff in Miami - His meetings aim to address the protests in Iran and potential U.S. military actions against the regime's crackdown
• Iran's Protesters Are Caught Between State Repression and Foreign Intervention - Both Trump and the Iranian government are treating Iranian protesters as political pawns
• Iranian prince calls for 'surgical strikes' on IRGC - Fighter jets, guided missile destroyers and submarine to arrive within a week as Trump continues to threaten attack
• Pentagon sends 'USS Abraham Lincoln' to Middle East amid Iran turmoil
• Trump says 'thank you' to Iran's leadership for not hanging protesters
• Trump Claims Killing of Iran Protesters 'Has Stopped' Even as Tehran Signals Executions Ahead
• President Trump Confirms he Canceled Strikes on Iran - "Iran Canceled the Hanging of Over 800 People"
• Trump says Iranian cancellation of executions 'had big impact' on decision not to strike
• Iran signals plans for fast trials and executions while promising retaliation against US, Israel
• Iran in limbo: What's next for country under internet blackout?
• As Iran internet shutdown enters 9th day, monitor warns scale of crackdown still hidden
• Protests crushed as Iran remains dark; senior ayatollah threatens: 'Execute Trump's soldiers' - Iran's internet has been down for eight days as evidence suggests the regime has crushed its largest protest yet
• Iran: Growing Evidence of Countrywide Massacres - UN Member States Should Call for Human Rights Council Special Session
• Activists say Iran has aired at least 97 coerced confessions from protesters, often after torture
• Iranian protesters slam activists' silence - "Where are you guys?"
• Georgian demonstrators watch Iran closely as their own protests grind on - Georgians demonstrating against their government stand with Iran's anti-regime protesters
• Donald Trump Ruins Lula's Celebration Over Record Trade Surplus with Iran by Imposing 25% Tariffs, Forcing Brazil to Choose Between Tehran or the United States
• A 'tear down the wall' moment in Iran will damage both the Islamic Republic - and China
• A Room Among The Stars: Startup Plans To Open First Hotel on the Moon in 2032
• Cold War: Kiev Under 5F Temperatures Tries To Cope With the Lack of Heating, as Zelensky and Kiev Mayor Klitschko Clash Over Blackouts Response
• Sovereignty or Terrorism? Why Doesn't Mexico Legally Treat Drug Cartels as Terrorist Organizations, Unlike the United States?
• CIA chief meets new Venezuelan leader, warns country to stop consorting with cartels and US enemies
• Voices: As someone who fled Venezuela, I am not celebrating war. I am celebrating the possibility of freedom.
• Outraged and Unhinged Nobel Committee Lectures Maria Corina Machado After She Shares Her Peace Prize with President Donald Trump
• Trump will keep Machado's Nobel Peace Prize: 'She offered it to me'
• IOC rejects requests to ban the US from Winter Olympics over Venezuela strike
• US Invited To Greenland Military Exercises: Danish General To AFP
• Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don't back the US controlling Greenland
• China and Canada announce tariffs relief after a high-stakes meeting between Carney and Xi
• Canadian PM Mark Carney reaches trade deal with China after advocating for 'new world order'
• Canada's Globalist PM Carney Bows to Beijing, Praises Xi, and Hails a "New World Order" While Pushing Away America
• Trump's Fed fight looks like something from another country
• Housing Market Concerns? 367,000 Homes Hit Foreclosure in 2025 - Insiders Claim this is Normalization after Years of Artificially Low Foreclosure Rates
• Schumer reveals 'bipartisan' plans to reverse DOGE cuts as lawmakers work through funding push
• Epstein Files Update as Pam Bondi Admits 'Glitches'
• Podcaster Calls for the Arrest of Bill and Hillary Clinton for Snubbing Congress on Epstein Testimony: 'Lock 'Em Up'
• Thomas Massie Argues Clinton Subpoena Is 'Theater': 'Just Release the Doggone Files'
• Michael Cohen says NY prosecutors 'pressured and coerced' him into anti-Trump testimony - Cohen, a key witness in 2 New York cases against Trump, alleges prosecutors pushed testimony that fit their narrative
• Brooklyn scammers plead guilty to $68 million adult day care fraud scheme
• WA Auditor: Missing data made it 'impossible' to track where child care federal funds went
• Activist Judge Strikes Again: Clinton-Appointed Judge Who Claimed Trump "Likely Committed Crimes" in Challenging 2020 Elections Now Blocks DOJ's Voter Data Request - Calls It "Unprecedented and Illegal"
• Australia removes 4.7M kids from social media platforms in first month of historic ban
• Elon Musk's xAI faces tougher road building out data centers after EPA rule update
• Melania Trump encourages AI use and says it can't replace humans
• Reports Of 'AI Psychosis' Are On The Rise. A Psychiatrist Explains What To Look Out For
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Honcho, Japan
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Amahai, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Izu Islands, Japan region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Yonakuni, Japan
• Sangay in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 13,000ft
• Olympic snowboarder Ueli Kestenholz dies after becoming trapped in avalanche horror
• Snow in Florida? Arctic blast to stun the South.
• Rare snow from Florida to the Carolinas could make winter weather history in the Southeast this weekend
• US has a long, largely unchecked history of climate, weather manipulation - that may soon change - For over a century, man has chased the ability to control the weather. From early rainmakers to secret military programs and geo-engineering startups, it's real, documented, and impacting tens of millions of Americans right now
• Boys aged 12 and 15 charged with murder for killing Portland convenience store worker during botched robbery
• 'I killed Daddy': Pennsylvania boy, 11, shoots dad after Nintendo Switch taken away, courts docs say
• ICE deports 5-year-old US citizen from Texas to Honduras, group says
• Foreign Nationals Account for 79% of Theft Arrests and 40% of Violent Crime Suspects on British Trains, Official Figures Reveal
• Cuban National Who Entered the U.S. Under Biden Arrested After Using His Car as a Weapon - Rams Two ICE Vehicles While Fleeing Arrest in San Antonio, Texas
• DHS: Assaults on ICE Officers Up 1,300% and Death Threats Surge 8,000%
• Radical anti-ICE network uses mass Signal chat network, license plate database to track feds, dispatch agitators in Minnesota
• Obama-era ICE director says Trump admin like a 'police state' by asking people to prove legal citizenship
• New Evidence Reveals Renee Good Was Still Alive When ICE Blocked Medic
• Minnesota AG says 'there is no statute of limitations on murder' after fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good
• Beyond Parody: Minneapolis City Attorney Invites Staff to "Healing Circle" With Therapy Goats as City Leaders Blame ICE for Chaos
• Judge limits ICE's crowd control tactics following Minneapolis shooting
• GOP senators try to talk Trump down from invoking Insurrection Act in Minneapolis
• DOJ Probes Minnesota Officials Over Alleged Effort to Obstruct Federal Immigration Agents
• DOJ investigating Walz, Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
• House Whip says evidence from whistleblowers could lead to Walz indictment: 'Should be in cuffs'
• Philly DA Larry Krasner vows to arrest ICE agents: 'I'm going to do everything in my power to convict you'
• DOJ Official Fires Back at Soros-Backed Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner for Threatening to Arrest ICE Agents
• Leftist Mayor of Small Missouri Town Busted on Nine Child Porn and Sex Crimes After Inventing a Vile Race Hoax
• The New York Times Criticizes Zohran Mamdani - For Not Having Enough Black People in His Administration
• 'She/They' Research Scientist at the University of Washington Wishes Conservatives Dead for Daring to Ask Questions: "May There Be Tyler Robinsons for You All"
• Gov Newsom agrees with Shapiro that trans issue is 'barrier' for people to support Democratic Party
• Republicans urge Trump to crack down on shipment of abortion drugs across state lines
• Living sensor display turns engineered skin into a biological monitor
• Supreme Court takes up Bayer's bid to limit Roundup weed killer liability
• Supreme Court will hear appeal by maker of popular Roundup weedkiller to block thousands of lawsuits
• In St. Bart's, is facial chlamydia the new bedbugs?
• 'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week - More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states.
• Did We Learn Nothing? NIH Funds Wuhan-Style Bat Lab at Colorado State University